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Uterine rupture associated with the use of intra-vaginal misoprostol during second-trimester pregnancy termination
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Uterine rupture associated with the use of intra-vaginal misoprostol during second-trimester pregnancy termination

Shazia Syed, Humera Noreen, Lubna Ejaz Kahloon and Rizwana Chaudhri
Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, Vol.61(4), pp.399-401
01/04/2011
PMID: 21465985

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General & Internal Medicine Life Sciences & Biomedicine Medicine, General & Internal Medicine, Research & Experimental Research & Experimental Medicine Science & Technology
Intravaginal Misoprostol is being used with excellent results for second trimester pregnancy termination, worldwide. However, there are Many case reports of serious complications of uterine rupture in such cases, both in previously scarred as well as in unscarred uterus. In this report, we describe a case of uterine rupture in an unscarred uterus during second-trimester pregnancy termination with intravaginal misoprostol.

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